Rubber composition

Abstract

The present invention provides a rubber composition containing a leather powder or gelatin powder, and a tire having a tread prepared from the rubber composition.

We claim: 
     
       1. A rubber composition for a skid-resistant tire tread which comprises a sulfur-vulcanized, solution-polymerized, styrene-butadiene rubber having a styrene content of up to 18% having incorporated therein 3 to 50 parts by weight of a leather powder having a mean particle size of up to 300 μm, and 30 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black per 100 parts of the rubber, said rubber composition having a Δ hardness according to ASTM D2228 of 4-6 when measured at -15° C. and 23° C. 
     
     
       2. A rubber composition according to claim 1, wherein the leather powder has a mean particle size of 1 to 100 μm. 
     
     
       3. A rubber composition according to claim 1, wherein 5 to 30 parts by weight of the leather powder are incorporated in 100 parts of the rubber.